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Historical Items

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Item 100290

Lorenzo Moulton letter to sister, Parsonsfield, 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1860-06-18 Location: Parsonsfield; Lowell Media: Ink on paper

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Item 64126

Prohibition Postcard, Surry, 1927

Contributed by: Surry Historical Society Date: 1927-07-12 Location: Surry Media: Postcard

Item 68612

Charles Cole to family, Arlington Heights, Va., 1862

Contributed by: John Micavich through Sebago Historical Society Date: 1862-11-09 Location: Arlington Heights; Manassas; Sebago Media: Pen and ink

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Online Exhibits

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John Dunn, 19th Century Sportsman

John Warner Grigg Dunn was an accomplished amateur photographer, hunter, fisherman and lover of nature. On his trips to Ragged Lake and environs, he became an early innovator among amateur wildlife photographers. His photography left us with a unique record of the Moosehead Lake region in the late nineteenth century.

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J.A. Poor and the Portland-Montreal Connection

John A. Poor's determination in 1845 to bring rail service to Maine and to make Portland the winter port for Montreal, along with the steel foundry he started to build locomotives and many other products, helped boost the economy of Portland the state.

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Samantha Smith's Questions

Samantha Smith, a Manchester schoolgirl, gained international fame in 1983 by asking Soviet leader Yuri Andropov whether he intended to start a nuclear war and then visiting the Soviet Union to be reassured that no one there wanted war.

Site Pages

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Historic Hallowell - Day 5

"… hit most of New England and parts of Canada, and worried the whole country. The Red Cross spent $30,000 on operating shelters for the elderly or…"

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Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"… a water main had broke and Hallowell was worried it would run out of drinking water. A man from Newport died from carbon monoxide poisoning…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… jaundice and that he was doing well and not to worry. Charles also talked about where he was and what had happened; he talked about what he was…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Peace in Maine
by Rebekah Tower

My story is about my family vacations to Maine when I was growing up.

Story

2020 Sheltering in Place Random Notes During COVID-19
by Phyllis Merriam, LCSW

Sheltering-in-Place personal experiences in mid-coast Maine (Rockland) during March and April 2020

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Pandemic Chaplaincy
by Rev Judy L Braun

Reflections of a hospice Chaplains encounter with end of life during Coronavirus pandemic 2020-21